2016 United States presidential election in Arizona facts for kids

Flag of Arizona.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Arizona was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

On 22 March and 5 April 2016, the state also voted for who they wanted to be the nominee of their respective parties.

Presidential

Polling

Below is a table with the polling results in Arizona. Arizona has voted Republican in the general election since 2000.

Poll source	Date administered	Democrat	%	Republican	%	Lead margin	Sample size	Margin of error
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist	October 30 – November 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton	41%	Donald Trump	46%	5	719	± 3.7%
CNN/ORC	October 27 – November 1, 2016	Hillary Clinton	46%	Donald Trump	51%	5	769	± 3.5%
Ipsos/Reuters	October 6–18, 2016	Hillary Clinton	38%	Donald Trump	45%	7	1,538	± 2.8%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist	September 6–8, 2016	Hillary Clinton	41%	Donald Trump	42%	1	649	± 3.8%

Results by Arizona's counties Clinton—80-90% Clinton—70-80% Clinton—60-70% Clinton—50-60% Clinton—<50% Trump—<50% Trump—50-60% Trump—60-70% Trump—70-80% Trump—80-90%

Results

Turnout was 74.17%.

Presidential election
Choice	Votes	%
Donald Trump (REP)	1,252,401	49.03%
Hillary Clinton (DEM)	1,161,167	45.46%
Gary Johnson	106,327	4.16%
Jill Stein	34,345	1.34%
Total votes	2,554,240	100.0%

Results by county

County	Trump#	Trump%	Clinton#	Clinton%	Johnson#	Johnson%	Stein#	Stein%	Total Votes
Apache	8,240	30.50%	17,083	63.24%	1,221	4.52%	469	1.74%	27,013
Cochise	28,092	57.41%	17,450	35.66%	2,394	4.89%	993	2.03%	48,929
Coconino	21,108	36.45%	32,404	56.44%	2,978	5.14%	1,414	2.44%	57,904
Gila	14,182	63.88%	7,003	31.55%	803	3.62%	212	0.95%	22,200
Graham	8,025	67.22%	3,301	27.65%	497	4.16%	116	0.97%	11,939
Greenlee	1,892	58.34%	1,092	33.67%	200	6.17%	59	1.82%	3,243
La Paz	4,003	68.29%	1,575	26.87%	211	3.60%	73	1.25%	5,862
Maricopa	747,361	48.63%	702,907	45.74%	67,043	4.36%	19,432	1.26%	1,536,743
Mohave	58,282	73.67%	17,455	22.06%	2,639	3.34%	740	0.94%	79,116
Navajo	20,577	52.56%	16,459	42.04%	1,410	3.60%	703	1.80%	39,149
Pima	167,428	40.45%	224,661	54.28%	15,620	3.77%	6,200	1.50%	413,909
Pinal	72,819	57.25%	47,892	37.65%	5,010	3.94%	1,467	1.15%	127,197
Santa Cruz	3,897	24.45%	11,690	71.58%	432	2.66%	221	1.36%	16,240
Yavapai	71,330	63.40%	35,590	31.63%	3,996	3.55%	1,588	1.41%	112,504
Yuma	25,165	48.12%	24,605	47.05%	1,873	3.58%	649	1.24%	52,292

Primaries

Democratic

The Democratic primary occurred on 5 April 2016.

Presidential election
Choice	Votes	%	Delegates
Hillary Clinton	262,459	56.29%	48
Bernie Sanders	192,962	41.39%	34
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	3,877	0.83%	0
Rocky De La Fuente	2,797	0.60%	0
Michael Steinberg	2,295	0.49%	0
Henry Hewes	1,845	0.40%	0
Uncommitted			3
Total votes	466,235	100%	85

Republican

The Republican primary occurred on 22 March 2016.

Presidential election
Choice	Votes	%	Delegates
Donald Trump	286,743	45.95%	58
Ted Cruz	172,294	27.61%	0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn)	72,304	11.59%	0
John Kasich	65,965	10.57%	0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)	14,940	2.39%	0
Others	11,793	1.89%	0
Total votes	624,039	100%	58

Related pages

Images for kids

Results by county showing number of votes by size, and candidates by color
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix on March 21, 2016.
Former President Bill Clinton at a campaign rally for his wife at Central High School in Phoenix on March 20, 2016.
Businessman Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills on March 19, 2016.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein at a campaign rally at the Mesa Public Library in Mesa on March 12, 2016.